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CHAPTER XII.—THE SENTENCE | |
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Penance not Punishment | 459 |
Grades of Penance | 462 |
Miscellaneous Penances | 463 |
Flagellation | 464 |
Pilgrimages | 465 |
Crusades to Palestine | 466 |
Wearing Crosses | 468 |
Fines and Commutations | 471 |
Unfulfilled Penance | 475 |
Bail | 476 |
Abuses.—Bribery and Extortion | 477 |
Destruction of Houses | 481 |
Arbitrary Penalties | 488 |
Imprisonment | 484 |
Troubles about the Expenses | 489 |
Treatment of Prisoners | 491 |
Comparative Frequency of Different Penalties | 494 |
Modification of Sentences | 495 |
Penitents never Pardoned, although Reprieved | 496 |
Penalties of Descendants | 498 |
Inquisitorial Excommunication | 500 |
CHAPTER XIII-CONFISCATION | |
Origin in the Roman Law | 501 |
The Church Responsible for its Introduction | 502 |
Varying Practice in Decreeing it | 504 |
Degree of Criminality Entailing it | 507 |
Question of the Dowers of Wives | 509 |
The Church Shares the Spoils in Italy | 510 |
In France they are Seized by the State | 513 |
The Bishops Obtain a Share | 514 |
Rapacity of Confiscation | 517 |
Alienations and Obligations Void | 522 |
Paralyzing Influence on Commercial Development | 524 |
Expenses of Inquisition, how Defrayed | 525 |
Persecution Dependent on Confiscation | 529 |